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Shantanu Mukherjee (born 30 September 1972), popularly known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, composer, live perfomer ,actor and television personality. He has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established himself as one of the highest-paid and best-established playback singers of Indian cinema.

Shaan
Shaan at Music Mania in 2013
Born	Shantanu Mukherjee (1972-09-30) 30 September 1972 (age 50)[1] Bombay, Maharashtra, India[2]
Occupation	Playback singer Music director Music producer Lyricist Composer Actor Television presenter
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Radhika Mukherjee ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2
Parents	Manas Mukherjee (father) Sonali Mukherjee (mother)
Relatives	Sagarika (sister)
Awards	See below
Musical career
Genres	Filmi Pop Rock Western Classical Bhajan Ghazal
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Universal Music Times Music Sony Music Zee Music T-Series Tips Saregama Venus YRF Music OSA Magnasound EMI Virgin Records
Musical artist

Shaan hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and STAR Voice of India 2. In Music Ka Maha Muqabla, his team, Shaan's Strikers, finished as the runners up to Shankar Mahadevan's team. He appeared as a judge in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014–2015 and The Voice India Kids 2016. In 2015 and 2016, Shaan was the winning coach in each of the first two seasons of The Voice. In 2016, in The Voice India Kids, he was the coach of the runner-up contestant. His sister Sagarika is also a singer.

Early life

Shaan was born on 30 September 1972 in Bombay in a Bengali family.[1][2][3] His grandfather was Jahar Mukherjee, a well known lyricist, his father late Manas Mukherjee, was a music director and his sister Sagarika is a singer as well.[4] He grew up in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Early years and music albums

Shaan began his career singing jingles for advertisements. After giving it up for a brief period, he returned and, along with jingles, began to sing remixes and cover versions.[5]

Shaan and his sister signed up with Magnasound recording company and recorded a few successful albums, including the hit album Naujawan followed by Q-Funk.[6][7]

He entered the pop scene with sister Sagarika, singing Biddu's melodies and doing re-mixes. Then came Roop Tera Mastana, a remix album of R.D. Burman's songs, that brought them further into the limelight. Later, Shaan launched Love-Ology after this.

In 1999, He wrote the lyrics of the ballad "Bhool Ja" on his album Tanha Dil, which appeared in the charts within days of its release and was popular on radio. In 2000, he sang a superhit song "Tanha Dil Tanha Safar". This song is also used in his sister's album Mere Liye in 2001.[8][9]

In 2002, he won the MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil. One year later, Shaan launched his album Aksar, which was successful and contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Melanie C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, Shaan sang, composed and wrote the lyrics of all the songs, except the title track "Tanha Dil", which was composed by Ram Sampath.

He released Tomar Aakash in 2004, a Bengali album, along with his sister and featuring his father's unreleased songs.[10] He also plans to release an album remaking his father's compositions with his sister in Hindi. He recently sang one of his father's compositions on sets of STAR Plus's Music Ka Maha Muqqabla.

In 2006, he released a song with MLTR, "Take me to your heart". The song appears on his album Tishnagi, which is produced by Ranjit Barot and engineered by Ashish Manchanda. The song "Shuruaat" on his album Tishnagi was made into a music video to promote the film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.[11]

Apart from studio albums, he also sang several other albums songs such as Channel Hits, Bollywood Sensation 2, Club Class, A Reason To Smile, The Ultimate Party Album, Maa[12] (his sister's album), Mon, Akou Mon, Mere Liye [13][14] (his sister's album), Bodo Asha Kore, Hoyoth Prem, Khoji Tare, Notes from a peculiar time in Space etc.

Playback singing

Apart from singing on his own albums, Shaan has provided the voice for many of Bollywood's leading actors. He made his debut as a playback singer where he sang a single line song "Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari" along with his younger sister in the film Parinda when he was only seventeen.[15] The film was successful and established himself as one of the leading playback singers in Bollywood.[16]^{[better source needed]}

Shaan sang, composed the music and wrote the lyrics of his songs on his albums Loveology, Tanha Dil, Aksar and Tishnagi, and has also composed music for many TV serials, winning the "Best TV music director award".^{[citation needed]} Shaan also gives advice on music and lyrics to the music directors for whom he sings.^{[citation needed]}

He has recently recorded a playback for an upcoming Bengali feature film Network which is composed by Dabbu.[17]

Musical show hosting

Shaan hosted the television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV between the years 2000–2006, which won the Music Programme of the Year award at the Indian Telly Awards in 2003. At the same awards, Shaan won Best TV Music Director, for creating the music of the Zee TV show, Lipstick, for his friend Goldie Behl. He also appeared as the guest in the first episode of the new show Antakshari: The Great Challenge which aired on 9 February 2007 on Star One.

Shaan is now the host of a music show called Star Voice of India (SVOI) which airs on Star Plus. He was offered the role of host for Star Voice of India Chote Ustaad, but opted out to spend time with his family. However, he returned to host the next season of Star Voice of India.

In June 2015, Shaan was introduced as a coach in the first season of the singing-based reality TV show The Voice, appearing with a swollen face caused by an exercising accident.[18] He was the coach of Pawandeep Rajan, the eventual winner. In 2016, in season 2, he again was the winning coach, of contestant Farhan Sabir. In 2016, in The Voice India Kids, he was the coach of the runner-up contestant.

International acclaim and other projects

Shaan is one of the few Indian singers who have collaborated with international singers.^{[citation needed]} After working with blue for the song "One Love" and singing the theme song ("Shuruaat") for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Shaan collaborated with Michael Learns to Rock for his album Tishnagi. Shaan also composed six of the album's nine tracks and penned most of the songs, excluding the number Take Me To Your Heart with Michael Learns to Rock. The video of this number has been popular too.[19]

Shaan has sung the title songs for many TV shows, including the title song for the comedy show Khichdi, which airs on Star Plus. He also sang the title song for Shakuntala, which airs on Star One.

Along with singing, Shaan has acted in the movie Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence, also starring Raveena Tandon. His songs have appeared in the movies, Zameen and Hungama.

Shaan often performs for Pro Shows which are conducted as a part of the cultural festivals of various colleges.^{[citation needed]} Among the prominent festivals where he has performed live recently are Moksha at NSIT (New Delhi), PULSE at AIIMS (New Delhi), Recstacy at NIT Durgapur, Spring Fest at IIT Kharagpur, REBECA at IIEST Shibpur, Mood Indigo at IIT Bombay, Ragam at NIT Calicut, Anakronos at Techno India, Alcheringa at IIT Guwahati, Riviera (festival) at VIT University and Crossroads at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) (New Delhi). Recently he has performed live in Fun@Work Oracle Event at Bangalore. Previously he had performed in an IBM event "Imprint 2008, Hyderabad" for IBM GBS exclusively.^{[citation needed]}

He said in an interview that music directors are avoiding established singers to bring some novelty into the playback singing, while compromising on the quality. Auto tuning software ensures that even a rough voice can sound good during the final recording and release of the song.[20]

Shaan has been a judge on many talent shows.[21] Shaan is a team captain, judge and mentor on STAR Plus's Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shaan's Strikers. His team won the Runner-up prize, amounting to Rs. 2.5 million (Rs. 2.5 million) in this game show on 20 March 2010, losing to Shanker Mahadevan and his team, with 43.1 points to 46.3 points.[22]

Shaan performed live alongside Atif Aslam, Malaika Arora Khan and Bipasha Basu for the first time in a series of concerts in Birmingham and London[23] in the summer of 2012.

Shaan has also been one of the 4 finalists of the dance show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 2013.

Discography

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language
2000	Tarkieb	Special appearance in the song "Dil Mera Tarse"	Hindi
2001	Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence	Kaushik Nath	Hindi
2001	Asoka	Special appearance in the song "O Re Kaanchi"	Hindi
2003	Hungama	Special appearance in the song "Chain Aapko Mila"	Hindi
2003	Zameen	As himself	Hindi
2006	The Bong Connection	Special appearance in the song "Majhi Re"	Bengali
2007	Loins of Punjab Presents	As himself	English
2008	Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors	As Himself	Hindi
2014	Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya[24]	Balwinder Singh	Hindi
2014	Teen Patti	As himself	Bengali
2017	Secret Superstar	Cameo	Hindi
2018	Helicopter Eela	Cameo	Hindi

Television

Year	Show	Language	Role
2002-2005	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa[25]	Hindi	Host
2005-2006	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005[25]	Hindi	Host
2006	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu	Hindi	Host
2006	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs	Hindi	Host
2007	Amul STAR Voice of India	Hindi	Host
2008	STAR Voice of India 2	Hindi	Host
2009	1st Mirchi Music Awards[citation needed]	Hindi	Host
2009–2010	Music Ka Maha Muqqabla	Hindi	Superstar captain of Shaan's Strikers
2010	Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De	Hindi	Himself[26]
2011	3rd Mirchi Music Awards[citation needed]	Hindi	Host
25 March 2012	4th Mirchi Music Awards	Hindi	Host
2013	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa – Season 6	Hindi	Contestant[27]
2014–2015	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014–2015	Hindi	Judge
2015–2017	The Voice India	Hindi	Coach/Judge
2016	The Voice India Kids	Hindi	Coach
2017	The Voice India Kids	Hindi	Judge/Coach
2019	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2019	Hindi	Judge
2020	Super Singer[28]	Bengali	Judge
2021	Indian Pro Music League	Hindi	Captain of Bengal Tigers
2022	Swayamvar – Mika Di Vohti	Hindi	Host

Advisor

Currently, he is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).[29]

Awards

Shaan's song "Chand Sifarish" (from the movie Fanaa) and "Jab Se Tere Naina" (from Saawariya) won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award and the Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer - Male, in addition to receiving several other nominations. In 2002, he won the MTV Asia Music Award for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil.[30] Following are the list of awards and nominations in different categories.

Year	Category	Song	Result
MTV Asia Music Awards
2002	Best Solo Album	"Tanha Dil"	Won[30]
Zee Cine Award
2004	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Suno Na" from Jhankaar Beats	Won
2007	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa	Won
2008	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya	Won
Bollywood Movie Awards
2007	Best Male Playback	"Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa	Won
Star Screen Awards
2007	Best Male Playback	"Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa	Won
Filmfare
2002	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Koi Kahein Kehta Raahein" from Dil Chahta Hai	Nominated
2003	Best Male Playback Award	"Nikamma" from Kya Dil Ne Kahan	Nominated
2006	Best Male Playback Award	"Dus Bahane" from Dus	Nominated
2007	Best Male Playback Award	"Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa	Won
2008	Best Male Playback Award	"Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya	Won
Filmfare – South
2014	Kannada cinema: Best Playback Singer – Male	"Kannalle Kannittu" from Shravani Subramanya	Nominated
IIFA
2007	Best Male Playback Award	"Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa	Won
2008	Best Male Playback Award	"Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya	Won
2010	Best Male Playback Award	"Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" from 3 Idiots	Won
GIMA
2010	Best Male Playback Singer Award	"Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" from 3 Idiots	Won
Annual Central European Bollywood Awards
2008	Best Song Award	"Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om" from Om Shanti Om	Won
Indian Television Academy Awards
2018	Best Title Music Song Award	"Tu Kahe Toh" from Haasil	Won
Producers Guild Film Awards
2006	Best Male Playback Singer Award	"Main Aisa Kyon Hoon" from Lakshya	Nominated
2008	Best Male Playback Singer Award	"Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya	Won
2015	Best Male Playback Singer Award	"Chaar Kadam" from PK	Nominated

See also

• List of Indian playback singers

References

External links

• Shaan at IMDb

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